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Bad Kid
Bad Kid: A Memoir | David Crabb
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Discovering George Michael's Faith confirmed for David Crabb what every bully already knew: he was gay. What saved him from high school was finding a group of outlandish friends who reveled in being outsiders. David found himself enmeshed with misfits: wearing black, cutting class, staying out all night, drinking, tripping, chain-smoking, idolizing the Pet Shop Boys—and learning lessons about life and love along the way.Richly detailed with nineties pop-culture, and including black-and-white photos throughout, Bad Kid is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is poignant. David Crabb's journey through adolescence captures the essence of every person's struggle to understand his or her true self.
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GerardtheBookworm
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A hilarious romp through the 80's to 90's New Wave to goth movement. David Crabb grew up as a closeted kid of a Bible thumping town in Texas. As he reinvents himself as a goth teen, he takes on the role of the "bad kid" by embracing his inner badasssom through a series of debauched antics and social experimentation. In the end, it is David's reflection of his life that really challenges his own expectations of the man he wants to be.

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Merethebookgal
Bad Kid: A Memoir | David Crabb
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Here's the next #EclecticPick from Mara Wilson! (Actress from "Matilda," among other things, and author of "Where am I Now?" - tagged in the comments.) #EclecticReaders

Soubhiville I saw David Crabb speak at TX Book Fest a couple weeks ago, and I'm looking forward to reading this! 8y
TheNextBook I heart her! I need to buy her memoir! 8y
Merethebookgal @TheNextBook she was really nice and I've heard her book is really good, too! 8y
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shawnmooney
Bad Kid: A Memoir | David Crabb
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Because I'm just a few years older than him, and I was a Bad Kid, too ,)

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